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Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan has announced the suspicion of a Syrian suicide bomber to be behind the Istanbul attack on Tuesday that killed both foreigners and Turkish nationals.

“I strongly condemn the terror incident in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet District, assessed to be an attack by a suicide bomber with Syrian origins,” Erdogan told a lunch for Turkish ambassadors in Ankara, in a speech broadcast live on television.

Ten people died and fifteen others wounded after a large explosion hit Sultanahmet square in central Istanbul on Tuesday, official statement from Istanbul governor’s office said.